A serving police officer has been sacked after admitting to tragedy chanting.
Sergeant Tyler Coppin was dismissed by Essex Police for pleading guilty to the charge during Liverpool’s game with Chelsea on October 20 last year.
He was hit with a three-year football banning order and ordered to pay £645 in costs at sentencing in December over the incident at Anfield stadium.
Due to the nature of the public order offence, Essex Police opened misconduct proceedings against Coppin which concluded last week.
He was dismissed without notice and placed on the College of Policing barred list for breaching standards of breached standards of professional behaviour.
Chief constable Ben-Julian Harrington, who chaired the panel, said: “Ex-Sgt Coppin’s dismissal is the result of a moment’s serious stupidity, but this is the only appropriate outcome.
“It is clear that ex-Sgt Coppin was remorseful and may not have been aware of the impact of his words, but he has been criminally convicted of a public order offence.
“His actions will seriously undermine public trust and confidence and I must send a clear message to officers, staff and the wider public that behaviour such as this cannot and will not be tolerated in policing.
“If officers are responsible for upholding the law, it cannot be right that they break it.”